Ed Gallagher (born 4 August 1944) is a British scientist. He was a council member of English Nature and chair of the Pesticides Forum which is part of

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) is a department of His Majesty's Government responsible for environmental protection, food production and standards, agriculture, fisheries and rural communities in the United K ...

(DEFRA). He is a

Freeman of the City of London The Freedom of the City of London started around 1237 as the status of a 'free man' or 'citizen', protected by the charter of the City of London and not under the jurisdiction of a feudal lord. In the Middle Ages, this developed into a freedom or ...

. Gallagher was chief executive of the

National Rivers Authority The National Rivers Authority (NRA) was one of the forerunners of the Environment Agency of England and Wales, existing between 1989 and 1996. Before 1989 the regulation of the aquatic environment had largely been carried out by the ten region ...

from 1992 until 1995 when it was subsumed into the

Environment Agency The Environment Agency (EA) is a non-departmental public body, established in 1996 and sponsored by the United Kingdom government's Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with responsibilities relating to the protection and enha ...

(EA) of England and Wales. He was then chief executive of the EA from 1995 to 2000. Gallagher was chairman of the governors at

Middlesex University Middlesex University London (legally Middlesex University and abbreviated MDX) is a public research university in Hendon, northwest London, England. The name of the university is taken from its location within the historic county boundaries ...

, where he is a visiting professor. He is also a fellow of the

Royal Academy of Engineering The Royal Academy of Engineering (RAEng) is the United Kingdom's national academy of engineering. The Academy was founded in June 1976 as the Fellowship of Engineering with support from Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, who became the first senior ...

, and the Chartered Institution of Water Environment Management, and a companion of the

Institute of Management The Chartered Management Institute (CMI) is a professional institution for management based in the United Kingdom. The major membership classes are ''Member'', ''Fellow'' - for those with significant expertise - and ''Companion'' - the most sen ...

. He was also Chairman of the board of Trustees at the UK education charity Envision. In 2001, he was awarded the CBE for his environmental services. He served as the Renewable Fuels Agency's and energywatch's chairman as well. In February 2008, Gallagher began coordinating a group that will produce a ''Review of the Indirect Effects of Biofuels''. According to the report web page:

This was done in the light of new evidence suggesting that an increasing demand for biofuels might indirectly cause carbon emissions because of land use change, and concerns that demand for biofuels may be driving
food insecurity Food security speaks to the availability of food in a country (or geography) and the ability of individuals within that country (geography) to access, afford, and source adequate foodstuffs. According to the United Nations' Committee on World F ...
by causing food commodity price increases.RFA Review of the Indirect Effects of Biofuels
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References

* Who's Who

External links

Renewable Fuels Agency: the independent sustainable fuels regulator
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Renewable Fuels Agency Board webpage
1944 births British scientists Academics of Middlesex University Fellows of the Royal Academy of Engineering Living people {{UK-scientist-stub